92 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 92 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building  [PaEN]

-- Dickinson College To Recognize Environmental & Indigenous Rights Advocate Tara Houska With Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism  [PaEN] 

-- County Conservation District Week Observed April 23-29  [PaEN]

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN] 

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards 11 Grants Totaling $120,000  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Organizers Of Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Envision It As Model For Clean Water Projects 

-- CBF Blog: Student In CBF's Student Leadership Program Worked To Rename Stream After Kitty Payne, An Emancipated Slave Who Lived Near Biglerville, Adams County - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN] 

-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Protecting Clean Water Together Series: Community Solar Saves Water - Keeps it Clean - Saves Money, Too! -  By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- CleanScapes: Volunteers Needed For Cleanups In Clinton County, Northcentral PA Starting April 29

-- WTAJ: ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day With Annual Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County

-- Julia Krall Named PA Executive Director Of Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Monroeville Conservation Project Among Allegheny Land Trust’s 30th Anniversary Efforts

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average  [PaEN] 

-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA  [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties  [PaEN]

-- DEP Tentatively Sets May 18 Online Public Conference On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County; Opponents Again Call For Robust Public Participation Process  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise

-- WITF: Victims Of Berks County Chocolate Plant Natural Gas Explosion Seek Accountability

-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant  [PaEN]

-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad 

-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators - Including PA - Urge PJM To Speed Interconnection For New Generation In Face Of Power Plant Retirements 

-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation

-- Register Now!  9th Annual Renewables Summit Set For May 22-23 Harrisburg [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Adding Solar Panels To New Stanton Office As Part Of Sustainability Effort

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Replicate Steelton-Highspire Schools’ Solar Energy Facility Across PA

-- EPA Names 2023 Top Cities For ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings, Including Philadelphia

-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley

-- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philadelphia Students Present Environmental Problems And Solutions At WHYY

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. Michell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: As Lancaster Climate Summit Demonstrated, We Still Have Chance To Save Our Planet

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Gov. Shapiro’s Climate Panel Should Be Open

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Who Pays For Air Quality Regulatory Program In Allegheny County?  Health Dept. Proposes Changes In Funding

-- DelcoTimes.com: Chester Residents, Activists Again March On Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: On 75th Anniversary Of Donora Smog Disaster, PA’s Air Quality Is Still Terrible 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Electric Shuttle Buses, EV Charging Infrastructure Bound For Pittsburgh Airport

-- ​​Reimagine Appalachia: New Report Outlines Job Impacts Of Green Locomotives From The Wabtec Manufacturing Facility In Erie  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts Soil, Water Sampling Results Related To Monitoring PA For Impacts From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment  [PaEN] 

-- Inquirer: Hershey’s Chocolate Comes Full Circle On PA Dairy Farm, The Cows Love It

-- TribLive: Mountain Climbers Rappel Down Mount Washington In Pittsburgh To Cleanup Litter

-- Post-Gazette: ‘This Is Amazing,’: Dozens Rappel Off Mount Washington For Annual Litter Clean Up

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Collects Over 73,000 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste At Collection Event April 28-29  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: Registration Open For Weekday Electronics Waste Collection Events In Allegheny County During May  [PaEN]  

-- PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Cambria County During May  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Sets May Schedule For Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: 685 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Collected During Take Back Day In Schuylkill County

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly’s Ban Has Prevented 200 Million Plastic Bags From Being Used

-- WHYY: Study Finds Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Is Working

-- WHYY: Cheltenham Twp. Passes Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags; 16th Municipality In PA To Pass A Ban

-- TribLive: Aspinwall Cleans Up Through ‘Green Streets’ Program

-- TribLive: Leechburg Recycling Center Volunteers Carry Heavy Burden

-- Beaver County Times: Earth Day Celebrated At Sisters Of St. Joseph

-- Altoona Mirror: Putting Earth First: Portage Students Turn Out For Reboot Of School’s Annual Earth Day Cleanup

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven Area Students Release Fingerling Trout, Enjoy Outdoor Fun At County Fairgrounds  [Trout In The Classroom]

-- Post-Gazette: Shaler Students ‘Love The Earth’ And Show It In A New Book

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming College Students, Service Organizations Clean Up For Earth Day

-- Land Health Institute Accepting Applications For Philadelphia Program For Future Environmental Scientists And Stewards (ProFESS), May 15 Deadline 

-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center In Erie Leads City Nature Challenge, 4-Day Bioblitz April 28 - May 1  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY/BillyPenn: Bees Are Busy At Philly’s Libraries, Making Honey Used For Education And Fun

-- Archinect News: PHMC Receives Grant To Start Process Of Renovating The Learning Center At The Eckley Miners’ Village Museum In Carbon County

-- Guest Essay: DCNR’s Conservation And Stewardship Of State’s Natural Resources Is Vital To Pennsylvania's Booming Outdoor Recreation Industry - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Altoona Is Boosting Its Economy With Outdoor Recreation 

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project

-- DCNR Highlights Importance Of Trees In Communities On National Arbor Day At Cumberland County Event  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Arbor Day Celebrated In Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven

-- Citizens Voice Blog: Celebrate Arbor Day In Pennsylvania

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Centennial, Tree City USA Celebrated

-- UnionProgress.com: New Designation Celebrates 8 Of Pittsburgh’s ‘Remarkable Trees’

-- WHYY: Philly’s Commercial Corridors Are Blooming With Greenery Thanks To 117 New Trees

-- Centre Daily Times: Firefighters Who Battled Wildfire In Philipsburg Area Receive ‘Overwhelming’ Community Support

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Establishes Protocol For Removal Of Ticks From Students In School

-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board Awards Boating Facility, Erie Access Improvement Grants, Moves To Protect Wild Trout Populations

-- Reading Eagle: 1,300+ Feet Of Blue Marsh Lake Shoreline Restored, Fish Habitat Added

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon: A Look At Bringing Peregrine Falcons Back To PA After DDT Effects

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Will New, Glass-Sided Skyscraper In Lancaster Kill Migrating Birds?  Here’s What’s Being Considered  

-- Warren Times: Hellbender Makes Appearance At Cornplanter Council Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Spring Conservation Show 

-- Penn State Extension: June 13 Webinar On Wildlife Adaptations - How Wildlife Endures Extreme Weather, Limited Resources, Predators To Stay Alive  [PaEN]

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Registration Open For Unique Appalachian Ecology Course For Teens - June 16-26, Deadline May 14

-- Altoona Mirror: Area Bat Population Slowly But Steadily Rebounding [Lincoln Caverns, Frank Felbaum Bat Sanctuary]

-- TribLive: Western PA Scientists Research Evolutionary Path Of Ancient Mammal Ancestors: Eating Plants And Blinking 

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[Posted: April 30, 2023]   PA Environment Digest